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(11) EP 1 774 355 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
18.04.2007 Bulletin 2007/16

(21) Application number: 05760041.3

(22) Date of filing: 12.07.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G01R 33/341(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2005/052308
(87) International publication number:
WO 2006/013482 (09.02.2006 Gazette 2006/06)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 29.07.2004 EP 04103660

(71) Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)

(72) Inventors:
  • POSSANZINI, Cecilia
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)
  • VAN HELVOORT, Marinus, J., A., M.
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)
  • WARNTJES, Jan, B., M.
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)
  • KLEIHORST, Robert, P.
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)

(74) Representative: Cohen, Julius Simon 
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards P.O. Box 220
5600 AE Eindhoven
5600 AE Eindhoven (NL)

   


(54) SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC COILS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING RADIO-FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS IN A MAGNETIC-RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND MAGNETIC-RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SUCH A SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC COILS